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Today's Topics:
  #1 BIO: Joel SHREWSBURY, Sr., Kanawha   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #2 BIO: Colonel William DICKINSON, Sr   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #3 BIO: Franklin NOYES, Kanawha Count   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #4 BIO: Bradford NOYES, Sr., Kanawha    [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #5 BIO: George Goshorn, Kanawha Count   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #6 BIO: Israel RUE, Kanawha County      [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #7 BIO: Noah COLLY, Kanawha County      [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #8 BIO: Randall MILLER, Kanawha Count   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #9 BIO: John E. Newell, Hancock Count   [Valerie & Tommy Crook <vfcrook@tre]
 #10 HIST: Hancock Co. Building and Loa   [Valerie & Tommy Crook <vfcrook@tre]
 #11 HIST: Fisrt National Bank of Chest   [Valerie & Tommy Crook <vfcrook@tre]

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History of Kanawha County
George W. Atkinson
1876
p. 323

JOEL SHREWSBURY, SR.

One of the most noted men who ever lived in the Great Kanawha Valley was Joel
Shrewsbury, Senior.  He came from Bedford county to Kanawba in 1813, and
engaged in the manufacture of salt with Colonel William Dickinson, Sr.,
continuing the same until 1856, when the partnership of Dickinson &
Shrewsbury was dissolved.  Mr. Shrewsbury died in Kanawha in 1857, at the
advanced age of eighty-four years.  He has hundreds of relatives now living
in the county, many of whom are among the wealthiest and most distinguished
of our citizens.

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History of Kanawha County
George W. Atkinson
1876
p. 323

COLONEL WILLIAM DICKINSON, SR.

Colonel Dickinson was born in Bedford county, Virginia, and came to Kanawha
with Joel Shrewsbury, Sr., in 1813.  He and Mr. Shrewsbury had been engaged
in the manufacture of tobacco in Bedford county from 1804, and after their
arrival in Kanawha, they formed a partnership in the manufacture of salt,
which business they continued until 1856.  Colonel Dickinson died in 1862, at
the advanced age of about ninety-three.  his son William is still living, and
quite a number of his grandchildren are also residing in the county.

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History of Kanawha County
George W. Atkinson
1876
p. 323-324

FRANKLIN NOYES.

Mr. Noyes was born in Columbia county, New York, in 1793, and emigrated to
Kanawha in 1826.  Soon after his arrival in Kanawha county, he engaged in
mercantile pursuits, which he followed, without intermission, for thirty
years.  During the latter part of his life he manufactured salt, which did
not prove profitable.  He died in April, 1856, in the sixty-third year of his
age.  Not long after he came to this county he married Miss Nancy Venable, by
whom he had nine children, viz: Bradford, Catharine, Isaac, Philip H.,
Franklin, William A., Charles, James B. and Benjamin.  Three of them are
dead, viz: Bradford, Isaac and Catharine. The other six are still living, and
reside in Charleston.

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History of Kanawha County
George W. Atkinson
1876
p. 324

BRADFORD NOYES, SR.

Mr. Noyes was born in Columbia county, New York, in 1788, and was a brother
of the late Isaac and Franklin Noyes, who were prominent citizens of Kanawha
for many years.  He came here in 1809, and engaged in the business of
merchandising, salt-making, &c., which be followed diligently for more than
forty years, thus accumulating a handsome estate.  He had four children, viz:
Mary, Annie, James Bradford and Emma, all of whom are living, except Mary,
the wife of John C. Ruby, who died in 1867. Mr. Noyes died in 1850, in the
sixty.second year of his age.

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History of Kanawha County
George W. Atkinson
1876
p. 324

GEORGE GOSHORN

George Goshorn, the father of a large family of the best and most honorable
citizens of Charleston, was born in Pennsylvania in 1789. When thirty-three
years of age he came to Kanawha, and engaged in business.  Mr. Goshorn was a
man of enterprise, and through energy and application to business,
accumulated a considerable estate.  He was a man of strict integrity, and
maintained a good character till the time of his death, which took place at
his residence in Charleston, June 24, 1845.  He had five sons, viz: John H.,
William F., Jacob, George, Alvin and David A.  All of whom are living except
David, who died in 1870.  They are all men of good character, and are leading
citizens of Kanawha county.

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History of Kanawha County
George W. Atkinson
1876
p. 325

ISRAEL RUE

The oldest man now living in Kanawha county is Israel Rue, colored, who
resides on Davis' creek, seven miles south of Charleston.  He was born in
Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1777.  He was owned by Samuel
Gallaway, and when he was eight years of age he was sold to James Gilkerson,
of Scott county, Kentucky.  According to the laws of Pennsylvania, all slaves
born after the passage of the Declaration of Independence were to be made
free at the age of twenty-eight.  This law was afterwards changed, granting
freedom at the age of twenty-one.

After Uncle Israel reached the age of twenty-eight, he brought suit for his
freedom at Newport, Kentucky, and employed Hon. Richard M. Johnson, who
afterwards became Vice-President of the United States, as his attorney,
promising him one year's labor for his fee.  He obtained his freedom, but Mr.
Johnson did not require him to work the full year.
He came to Kanawha shortly after the beginning of the present century, to
labor for Robert Johnson, the father of Hon. Richard M. Johnson, who was at
that time manufacturing salt above the mouth of Campbell's creek, on the
lands of Colonel David Ruffner.  Mr. Johnson, however, did not reside in the
valley longer than two years, but Uncle Israel, being favorably impressed
with the country, and the salt manufacturing business, remained in Knnawha,
and although nearly one hundred years of age, he is still here.

Uncle Israel is small in stature, and was once very active. A few weeks
since, he walked from his homestead on Davis creek to Charleston, a distance
of seven miles, and returned the next day, without material injury.  He
connected himself with the Baptist church a few years since, and is confident
that, although he spent over ninety-five years in worldly life, he is now
saved through the riches of redeeming Grace.

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History of Kanawha County
George W. Atkinson
1876
p. 326

NOAH COLLY.

Noah Colly came to Kanawha about 1814. He was a tall, stout mulatto, and
drove a dray in Charleston for a full half-century, or longer. He was the
only undertaker in Charleston during about forty years.  The carpenters
always made the burial cases, while uncle Noah drove the hearse, and laid the
dead in their graves. He was sexton of the Presbyterian church for a great
many years.  He was made free in early life, and prized his liberties very
highly, although he was not overbearing or insulting in his nature or
demeanor.  He died in 1869, at the age of seventy-six. His funeral took place
from the Presbyterian church, and was largely attended, by both white and
colored citizens.

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History of Kanawha County
George W. Atkinson
1876
p. 326-327

RANDALL MILLER

Randall Miller, better known in Kanawha as "Uncle Dock, the teamster," was
born at Goochland Court House, Virginia, on the James river, forty miles from
Richmond, about the year 1795. He was a slave, and had no means of knowing
exactly when he was born. The nearest that he can arrive at his age, is from
the fact, that he was nearly grown when the war of 1812 with Great Britain
took place.  He was owned by Humphrey Paraish, and at the marriage of his
daughter with Willis McKain, uncle Dock became the property of the latter.

Mr. McKain moved to Charlottesvflle, when Uncle Dock was about eighteen years
of age, and hired him to the person who had the contract for building the
main building of the University of Virginia.  He remained there three years,
and says that he saw President Jefferson nearly every day during that time.
>From Charlottesville he moved with his master, Mr. McKain, to Cabell county,
where he remained for about fifteen years.  When about thirty-five years of
age, he was sold to Ezra Walker, who brought him to Charleston, and for
eleven years he drove a team for Mr. Frederick Brooks, during which time he
laid by a sufficiency of money, with which he purchased his freedom.

After he became free, he purchased a team, and drove a hack between
Charleston and the most celebrated mineral springs in the Alleghany
Mountains, during the summer seasons ; while in the winter, he did job work
with his team in and about Charleston.  He is now too old to perform hard
labor, yet he is in good health, and does not seem to be very much
inconvenienced from his advanced age.

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 245
Hancock County

JOHN E. NEWELL. It would be impossible to deal prop-
erly with the men of Hancock County whose names stand
out conspicuously in the banking interests of the county,
ami who through inherent characteristics and achievements
have contributed to the upbuilding and development of
the community of Chester without paying special attention
to John E. Newell, president of the First National Bank
of Chester and of the Hancock County Building and Loan
Company, for it is one that compels more than passing
mention. For a number of years he has been prominently
identified with financial, industrial and agricultural mat-
ters, and such has been his force of character and natural
inclinations that he has attained prominence, not only as a
thorough business man, but as manager of large affairs,
in which he has displayed marked executive ability.

Mr. Newell was born in Tomlinson's Run, near Pugh-
town, Hancock County, where his grandfather, John Newell,
ran a mill, December 22, 1861, and is a son of Hugh
Newell. John Newell, the grandfather, was a son of Hugh
Newell, who built the old fort on his farm, and was him-
self the original settler of this section, from Cross Creek,
Washington County, Pennsylvania.  John Newell was a
tanner by trade, and at the age of twenty-one years came
to Pughtown, where he operated a tannery in the village,
his son Hugh being born here in 1827. Hugh as a lad
assisted his father in operating a grist mill, which was
later sold, John Newell then building a mill further down,
known later as the Baxter or Hartford mill. This he also
sold to settle on a farm at Newell, a nice level property
on the "hill," a part of which is now owned by the Vil-
lage of Newell. There he resided from about 1837 until
his death, at the age of eighty-six years, in 1884, being
laid to rest at Fairview Plats, Pughtown. His first wife
was a Miss Elder, who died without issue. His second wife
was Lydia Edie, of Hancock County, who was the mother
of Hugh Newell. His third wife was a widow, Mrs. Jo-
hanna (Hastings) Frazier, who survived him. They had
no children, but Mrs. Frazier had two sons who served
in the Confederate army during the war between the states,
while Mr. Newell had two sons serving in the Union army
at the same time. The children born to John and Lydia
(Edie) Newell were as follows: Hugh, the father of John
E.; Elizabeth, who married Alfred Marks and died in Han-
cock County; William, who was in the United States army
and later went to California as a freighter on the plains,
and died in the West; Rachael, who married George S.
Harker, a pioneer pottery man, and died at East Liver-
pool, Ohio; George, who went to Colorado after his parents'
death and died there; Benjamin, who lived on the old
home farm and for whom the Village of Newell was named;
and Rev. James, who served as a lieutenant in the Union
army during the Civil war, after which he became a minis-
ter of the Presbyterian Church, preached locally for a
time, then served in California, where he became pastor
emeritus of Bethesda Church at Los Angeles, Washington
and Jefferson College and Allegheny Seminary.

Hugh Newell, the father of John E. Newell, conducted
a mill until coming to Chester with his wife's brother,
Alfred Marks, with whom he was in partnership for several
years. Later he bought land on Marks' Run, a property
of about 500 acres, on which he lived from 1871 until his
death in 1903, breeding sheep and clearing up a good deal
of land. This old farm, the present residence of his son
John E., whose home is but a short distance from that of
his brother Samuel, at the old residence, lies about one-
half mile back from the Ohio River, up Marks' Run.
Hugh's residence was about one mile from the bank at
Chester. Hugh Newell was active in securing the building
of a bridge across the Ohio River to East Liverpool,
served as school trustee, acted as roadmaster and was one
of the organizers and the first president of the Hancock
County Building and Loan Company. His wife was Alizan
Marks, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Ferree) Marks.
Her maternal grandfather Ferree, of French origin, was a
manufacturer of guns at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and on
moving to Coryopolis, then old Middletown, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania, was said to have manufactured the
first rifles to be made west of the mountains, these being
tested by his daughter Mary, according to her personal
statement some years ago to her grandson, John E. Newell.
Samuel and Mary (Ferree) Marks came to Hancock County
about 1818, and their old stone house is still standing, it
having been built when their daughter Alizan was about
thirteen years of age. Samuel Marks had a 100-acre tract
of land, patented by President Washington, including what
is now the upper end of Chester. A son, Alfred, suc-
ceeded to the ownership, and his old farm is now covered
by the Potteries Park, etc., including the old stone house.
Alizan Newell, who was born on this farm, in the same
year as her husband, died five years later. Her brothel-
Alfred, who passed almost his entire life in the old stone
house referred to, died as the result of an accident. Mr.
and Mrs. Newell were faithful members of the Presby-
terian Church. He was a Union man, an honorable citizen,
and a man who was greatly respected in his community.
He and his wife had five children: Mary, the widow of
Dr. Hamlin Barnes, of Cleveland, Ohio; John E.; Anna,
the wife of S. W. Root, of Los Angeles, California; Frank,
the owner of a fruit ranch at Bakersfield, California; and
Samuel, residing on the old home place as a partner of his
brother John E.

John E. Newell received a public school education and
as a youth adopted the vocation of farmer, one which he
has never relinquished, although numerous other interests
have also attracted his attention. In partnership with his
brother Samuel he is the owner of 450 acres of land, on
which he is carrying on dairying with a herd of Holstein
cattle, supplying milk by wholesale. He has also met with
success as a fruit grower, raising apples and peaches, with
twenty-five acres in fruit, mostly set on the higher land.
A few miles inside the "horseshoe," partly surrounded by
the Ohio River, constitutes what is recognized as one of
the best fruit-growing sections in this part of the United
States. The hills are some 500 feet above the river and
are comparatively free from frost injury, and even in 1921,
a notoriously bad year for fruit, a good apple crop was
harvested here.

Mr. Newell is president of the National Bank of Chester,
having succeeded the first president, Judge Campbell. He
is also president of the Hancock County Building and Loan
Company. As a public-spirited citizen he has accepted the
responsibilities of public life, and as the regular party
nominee was sent to the State Legislature for the session
of 1902-1903, during Governor White's term of office. He
has since served as county commissioner, the county jail
and residence of the sheriff being erected during his term
of office, and during the World war he was chairman of
the Hancock County Draft Board. With his family he
belongs to the Presbyterian Church at Chester, in which
he is president of the board of trustees.

Mr. Newell married Miss Minnie Rose, of Chester, daugh-
ter of Samuel F. and Martha (Pugh) Rose, Mr. Rose hav-
ing been an early merchant of Chester, now deceased. Mrs.
Rose was a daughter of John Pugh, of the family who
settled Pughtown, the old county seat of Hancock County.
The five children of Mr. and Mrs. Newell all reside with
their parents, being: Helen R., a teacher at Chester;
Martha M., a teacher at Newell; Frances E., a teacher in
the high school at Newell; Rachael E., a student in the
West Virginia University, from which she will graduate as
a member of the class of 1924; and John Roscoe, who
is attending the high school at Chester.

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 246
Hancock County

HANCOCK COUNTY BUILDING AND LOAN COMPANY. The
wonderful growth of realty values during the '90s in
Northern West Virginia brought to the forefront a class
of men who for general ability, astuteness and driving
force have been seldom surpassed in the annals of trade
in this section. It is all well enough to say that condi-
tions develop men, but it is better and more accurate to
state that men bring about conditions. Hancock County
owes what it is to the men who had the courage to perse-
vere, to act wisely and to keep their operations clean in
one of the most difficult fields of endeavor.

In 1899, when Chester was but a small village, the urgent
demand for more homes made the time opportune for the
organization and operation of a modern savings and loan
association in the community. The original plan of the
Hancock County Building and Loan Company was devel-
oped and formulated by a few of the leading citizens in
the latter part of 1899, and December 31 of that year
the association was incorporated under the laws of the State
of West Virginia, by S. T. Herbert, G. Y. Travis, N. G.
MacCrum, J. W. Gipner, O. C. Vodrey, C. A Smith, S. F.
Rose, W. N. Voegtly. William Banfield, J. E. McDonald
and Hugh Newell, with a total subscription of $6,100 as
the capital thereof, and paid in on said subscriptions, $610.
On January 10, 1900, the stockholders met and elected
the following directors: Hugh Newell, C. A. Smith, J. E.
McDonald, S. T. Herbert, S. F. Bose, J. W. Gipner, G. Y.
Travis, O. C. Vodrey and W. N. Voegtiy. The board then
organized by electing Hugh Newell, president; C. A. Smith,
vice president; S. T. Herbert, secretary; N. G. MacCrum,
treasurer; and G. Y. Travis, attorney.

The Hancock County Building and Loan Company com-
menced business in a modest and unassuming manner
March 8, 1900, and for four years thereafter its office and
place of meetings were in the law offices of Herbert &
Travis at East Liverpool, Ohio. The first application for
a loan was made by James S. Cochrane, of Chester, and
was granted. The first secretary received a salary of $25
per year for the years 1900 and 1901, $50 for the year
1902, and $9 for the year 1903. On March 17, 1904, the
offices of the association were removed to the rooms of the
First National Bank of Chester, West Virginia, and S. T.
Herbert having resigned as secretary and N. G. MacCrum
as treasurer, O. O. Allison was elected to the dual office of
secretary-treasurer.

During the early days of the life of the association it
was impossible to supply the money necessary to make the
loans required by the people of Chester and the vicinity,
and realizing that the home is the bulwark of civilization,
that every individual or institution that makes it easier
for the general public to build or purchase a home adds
strength and perpetuity to their government and prosper-
ity to their community, the board of directors resolved to
put forth every effort to induce the people to become mem-
bers of the association, which has resulted in hundreds of
people building and owning their own homes.

The men behind the company are responsible for its
success. They are not new in this section of the country
nor are they new to the building and loan business. They
have been born and reared in this part of the country and
hence know the value of the property upon which they make
loans.  The association is now firmly established in the
confidence and esteem of the people of West Virginia and
adjoining states, as the best place in this section of the
country to save money at an earning rate of not less than
5 per cent per annum compounded semi-annually, or to
borrow money on easy terms either on farm or city prop-
erty. This splendid reputation has been secured by prompt
service, fair dealing, safe business methods and economical
management during the more than twenty years of its
existence.

The present officers of the company are: John E. Newell,
president; A. B. Allison, vice president; O. O. Allison,
secretary; Daniel S. Dawson, assistant secretary; O. O.
Allison, treasurer. Perry L. Rigby, attorney, and these
gentlemen (with the exception of Mr. Dawson), form the
board of directors, together with the following: R. W.
Pugh, Thomas C. Glenn, Robert R. Hobbs, Thomas G.
Stewart, A. L. Skinner, Frank Finley, W. W. Thompson,
J. C. Cunningham, J. S. D. Mercer, Thomas B. Timothy
and George E. Conkle.

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 245-246
Hancock County

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHESTER. During the twenty
years of its existence the First National Bank of Chester
has developed into one of the strongest financial organiza-
tions for a community of its size to be found in the north-
ern part of the State of West Virginia, and one which
has won its standing in banking circles and in the confi-
dence of the general public through a strong yet conserva-
tive policy, honorable representation and the connection
therewith of men of known integrity and probity.

This financial institution was opened October 15, 1903,
its original capital being $50,000. The original board of
directors included the following: Judge Joseph A. Camp-
bell, president, now deceased: Joseph N. Finley, vice presi-
dent, as now; F. W. Stewart, now deceased; John R.
Donahue, now deceased; James Porter, now deceased; C.
F. Allison, at that time sheriff of Hancock County, and
now deceased; John E. Newell; John D. Stewart, now
deceased; J. H. Maxwell; George B. Ahrendts; Mark Mil-
ler; A. B. Allison; S. E. Calhoon; and T. R. Cunningham,
now deceased. O. O. Allison was the first cashier, but was
not then a member of the board of directors.

Since the opening a number of changes have taken place
in the personnel of the board, but the same policy of
conservatism and honorable conduct has been adhered to.
The present board consists of the following: John E.
Newell, president; O. O. Allison, cashier; Joseph N. Fin-
ley, first vice president; George E. Lewis, M. D., second
vice president; J. C. Cunningham, E. C. Stewart, Robert
R. Hobbs, S. A. Stewart, J. M. Calhoon and R. M. Ramsey.

The present home of this banking house, which was
erected in 1907, at a cost of $20,000, includes the bank, a
store and general offices overhead. At the close of business
December 31, 1921, the resources of the bank were over
$790,000, and the deposits over $600,000.

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